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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
A Choice of Pets.

He had promised TO buy her a dog.
What kind do you | Ike bestP' he
asked tendcrly, as he squeezed her
hand.
We'll" she said thoughtfully. as
she rested her chin on his shoulder,
some Ike Scotch terrors, but as for
me should just dotc on an English
pug"
And he said swcetiy that their ideai
CONQUERED.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
WHY She Did Not Succeed.

A pretty girl set up boot-blacking
chair in Wall street. She was an alert
creature of sixteen or so, dressed in
jaunty neatness, and altogether an OBJ
ject TO make the brokers turn around
for a second look. But her enterprise
failed. No man had the moral courage
to mount that chair and submit his
boots TO the brushes of girl, and so
she got no customers. -NcD York sun
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
A NEW JERSEY WHO MAN.

He Lives on Grass, and, as the
crop Is Short, II Is Feared He VIII
Starve.
For several days past the simple
people of the little mountain hamlet
of Mountain View, Passaic county,
New Jersey, have been in state of
alarm and excitement over the appear
ance of wild man in the woods near
the town. Hunting parties were form
cd to capture him. They secured the
woods in every direction, but could find
no trace Of him. A few people who
had seen him said that he was hatless
and coalless and dressed in tatters.
He had wild expression in his eyes,
his face was haggard. and his form was
emaciated. 1t is said that he lived on
grass, acorns. and wild berries, and
that he could climb trees and swing
about on the limbs like monkey. He
was seen to pick up handfuls of grass
and eat it. A large hunting party
which secured the woods say they
tracked the wild man, and after long
chase brought him to bay. He turned
on his pursuers and fought with frantic
desperation. He seized club and
swung il about so that it was danger
GUS to get near him.
At last some of the hunters seized
him. They had a desperate graphic
with the man, who struggled with al
most superhuman strength Not till
he was utterly exhausted were his cap
tors able TO overpower him. They
bound him securely and took him to the
town. The wild man could talk. He
said: 81 want grass. Give me some
grass. / am hungry"
The wild man would say nothing
else. Inquiries concerning who he was
and why he lived in the woods brought
no answer. He seemed to be about 30
years old, and looked like German.
When his captors asked him how long
he had lived in the woods he shook his
head and replied: "Give me some
grass" His garments were in tatters
and he seemed TO be on the verge of
starvation. His eyes were big and
wild. his face was thin and haggard,
AS there was no jail in the LITTLE town
to put him in, and as the inhabitants
were all afraid of him, he was taken To-
the Delaware and Lackawanna railway
station and locked up in little shelter
for switchman. Station Agent Bean
telegraphed to police headquarters at
Paterson requesting that policemen be
sent to Mountain View to take thewild
man into custody. AS the police of
Paterson have no jurisdiction outside
of this city none could be dispatched
on this errand. While the excited
inhabitants of Mountain View were
awaiting the arrival of the police the
wild man wrenched the wooden bars
from the window of the little shanty
where he was confined and jumped
out He ran for the woods, with scores
of people running and shouting after
him. They kept up the chase across
fields and through woods, but the
strange wild man ran with the speed
of deer. He reached the forest,
plunged into the thicket, and disap-
peared. The people of Mountain View
are now more excited and alarmed than
ever. They fear that the wild man
may come into the town and kill some
one or damage property. He seems
likely TO die of starvation, as the sup
ply of grass is sensibly diminishing.
An organized effort will be made to re-
capture him.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
Not Qualified to Judge.

II hear, Col. Oldboy. that your
daughter Julia is promising singer"
Yes, so they say"
'Well. you are a competent critic.
What do you think Of her abilities.
MY dear sir, all | know OF hei
abilities is what hear. She has posi-
tive orders never TO sing while l am in
the house."
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
Skilled Mechanics.

In some of the great ship.buildinI
establishments of the Clyde, says IN.
Iron 1rade Reriew, only mechanics q
the first class are employed, men whs
hay eserved regular apprenticeships ant
who have characters of competence
and these always command the higheS
wages. Strikes among them are UNI
known; they form class by themselves
and regulate their own business with
their employers without reference iC
outside parties. They are generally re-
garded as aristocrats by inferior work
men, men who would reduce all down
to their own level. Their employers
regulate wages and other details nc.
cordlng to the work they have on hand;
airy interest with them in large con.
tracts that require to be completed on
time, and have to be carried on night a
well as day, such us building ship-of-
war for foreign government or for
their own. In such cases u strike might
ruin an establishment, and its manag-
crs use precaulion TO protect them
selves.
When the Cunard Company wa,
formed they asked Mr.. Napier, the en-
gnecr, to estmate on the engines for
the proposed steamers for the Atlantic
mail service, but he declined on the
ground that the work was greater than
he had ever undertaken. and that his
reputation, in tho event of failure,
might be cloudcd. He proposed, how
ever, to build engines. unhampered by
specilicat ons. in his own way and to
show his confidence in his ab lity, offer
ed to take large amount OF stock in
the company.
An agreement on this basis was ac-
cordngly made. When completed an
exhibit of the cost was laid before the
company, and was accepted. He
would not do poor work to cover an CT
ror in his estimates. The workmen
who bnit the engines were among the
best on the ely de; the engines were set
up in tie works, steam was applied to
them, and every movement carefully
noted.
10 leave no means untricd to secure
success, the leading mechanics who
built the engines were appointed The en-
gincers TO the steamers. They knew
every detail, and. as far MS practical,
had spare duplicates of parts that might
be liable to breakage. These precau-
tions in time demontrasted, in the face
of semitic predictions to the contrary.
by DIR. Lardner, that the Atlantic could
be crossed at all seasons by steamers.
The first steamers were of wood, and
had side wheels. In very bad weather
the engineers were prudent in not fore
ing them to make over fifty or sixty
miles day, but were content TO keep
them head to sea with simple Storage
way, in consequence of which accidents
were rare.
The men who built the engines knew
what they could bear and never forced
them. Years afterward, when steam
navigation on all seas was common. Mr.
Napier said that his success was mainly
due TO the intelligent and able machan-
les who were employed in his works
A mechanic himself, he could appreci-
ate the merits of the men who worked
under his direction.
Skilled mechanics Of steady
habits have no difficulty in OBJ
tanning employment at home or abroad
where there is any work in progress
This ought to be an inducement foi
young men who are learning trades. TO
make themselves masters of their bus.
mess.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18

For full particulars o tickets, call on
H. MILLER, Dallas Texas. T. p TURNER,
0DEN, p Depot No Main Dallas
Il. L. A. Dallas.
JOHN A. GRANT, General Manager Dallas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18

Cardinal Newman says gentleman is one
VINO never infilcts pain. This Is rough on the
den tistc-Omahd World.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18

Southwest
Louis Take the 1921 train for New Onan
the
York. Philadelphia
n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DALLAS

From st. Louis. ............. 500 p m
From Memphis and Paris .. 1889 p m
From Galveston .............. 1l:30 a m
From Cleburne and Kansas City 500 p m
TRAINS DEPART FROM DALLAS
For st. Louis Through sleeper. e. 1l:jO a m
For Memphis and Texarkana
Through sleeper. .............. 200 m
For Galveston and Kansas City
Through sleeper).. ............ 3:20 p 10
For Galveston. ................... $40 a m
w. j STORMS, Ticket Agent, Dallas.
JAMES s. DARK, General Passenger
Agent, Galveston.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
Flat Chests in Society.

Every womaa will of course deny
that she laces. A very eminent lady
specialist of New York said, however,
few weeks since that you could not
lay the weight of your finger on an ex-
posed vein without limiting its natural
flow of blood. She also said that she
had not had female patient for many
months who had drawn a full breath
one which expanded her lungs to their
full capacity-for a year. The doctors
and druggists could, if they chose, tell
a story concerning American women
which would to the intelligent ear be
startling They say that II perfectly
sound girl of twenty is uncommon in
society. The female aristocracy in one
section of the land have decrecd fiat
chests to be the proper thing, because
many of them, through relaxed muscles
and diminished strength, were poverty
stricken in curviDg lines of beauty.
They had fine working majority with
which to pass the fashionable law.
Those fiat chests were simply the
natural result of Il generation or so of
dressing and living on the fashionable
American plan.-M Y. Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
H. RIDER HAGGARD.
Something About the Author of ''She" and
"AIIen Quarternain."

"AIlen Quartermain."
H. Rider Haggard, who has become u
suddenly famous literary man, has
youth and energy still to the credit side
of his account, for he will not be thirty
two until the 22d of next June. and at
last accounts he was healthy and hearty
as a man needs to be to turn out pure
and unadulterated romance at the rate
which he affects. He began writing
books in 1882 with little volume of q
political character relating to events
then recent in South Africa. He spoke
by the book on that subject, for when
he was nineteen he had gone to Natal
with Sir Henry Bulwer, and during the
two succeeding years had served on the
staff of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, the
Special Commissioner to the Transvaal.
He remained in the colonial service I'M
til 1879, and then returned to London
to marry the only daughter of the late
Major Margitson, of Buckingham
House, Norfolk. Because of his wife.
or for some ether reason, he remained
in England and adopted the profession
ofthe law, becoming practicing bar
rister Of Lincoln's Inn.
1t was while still in active practice at
the bar that he began to write, and
stuck to it, although the political pam
phlet with which he first courted fame,
attracted little attention. His next
book was dawn" published in 1884,
and a year later came The Witch s
Head" neither of which was much
heard of until they were recently repub-
lishcd on the strength of the fame that
the author had gained by subsequent
works. His first real success was with
king Solomon's Mines" published in
1885, which attracted the mingled con-
domination and praise of the critics and
won great popularity abroad and to a
less extent in this country. Of this
story Mr.. Haggard has written:
liking Solomon's Mines" was written as an
experiment in boys books. 1t would be i'm
possible for me TO define where fact ends and
fiction begins in the work. as the two are very
much mixed up together. | may add that its
success was quite unexpected by me, as the
work, undertaken at haphazard, was carried ont
at odd hours, for the most part after long day
at chambers.
Mr.. Haggard's fame was confirmed
abroad and made in this country by his
next work, "She." jess" that fol-
lowed, and "Allan Quartermain, that
is now current, have maintained Ameri-
can interest in the author.-N Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
WONDERS OF THE SEA.
kse Great Depth, Deceptive Waves anC
Power of Evaporation.

Power of Evaporation.
The sea occupies three-Gfths of the
surface of the earth. At the depth of
about $500 feet waves are not felt.
The temperature is the same, varying
only trilie from the ice of the pole te
the sun Of the equator. A mile down
the water has q pressure of over ton
to the square inch. If box of six feet
deep was filled with sea water and al
lowed to evaporate undcr the sun,
there would two inches of salt left on
the bottom. Taking the average depth
of the ocean to be three miles, there
would be a layer of pure salt 230 feet
thick on the bed of the Atlantic. The
water is colder at the bottom than at
the surface. In the many bays on the
coast of Norway the water often freezes
at the bottom before it does above.
Waves are very deceptive. 70 look
at them in storm one would think the
water travelled. The water staysin the
same place but the motion goes on.
Sometimes in storms these waves are
forty feet high and travel fifty miles an
hour-more than twice as fast as the
swiftest steamer. The distance from
valley to valley is generally fifteen
times the height, hence a wave five feet
high will extend over seventy-five feet
of water. The force of the dashing on
Bell Rock is said to be seventeen tons
for each square yard. Evaporation is
wonderful power in drawing the water
from the sea. Every year a layer of the
entire sea fourteen feet thick is taken
up into the clouds.
The winds bear their burden into the
land, and the water comes down in rain
upon the fields, to flow back at last
through rivers. The depth eff the sea
presents an interesting problem. If
the Atlantic was lowered 6,554 feet,
the distance from shore to shore would
be half as great, or 1900 miles. If
lowered a little more than three miles,
say 1863 feet, there would be road
of dry land from Newfoundland to Ire
land. This is the plane on which the
great Atlantic cables were laid. The
Mediterranean is comparatively shall
low. The drying up of go feet would
leave three different seas, and Africa
would be joined with Italy. The British
Channel is more like pond, which &C
counts for its choppy waves.
1t has been found difficult to get the
correct sounding of the Atlantic. A
midshipman of the navy overcame the
difficulty, and shot weighing thirty
pounds carries down the line. A hole
is bored through the sinker, through
which a rod of iron is passed, moving
easily back and forth. In the end Of the
bar cup is dug, and the inside coated
with lard. The bar is made fast to the
line, and a sling holds the shot on.
When the bar, which extends below the
ball, touches the earth, the sling I'M
hooks and the shot slides off. The lard
in the end of the bar holds some of the
sand, or whatever may be on the bot
tom. and drop shuts over the cup to
keep the water from washing the sand
out. When the ground is reached a
shock is felt as if an electric current
had passed through the line. Oce0n
WaUe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
A Household Hint.

"Mrs. Molly Bigman, u newly-mar-
ried lady, does not know any thing
about housekeeping, but she is anx-
ious to have her husband believe that
there is nothing in the housekeeping
line that she does not know. He hap
pened to be in the room when the cook
came and said:
"Will you please glib me out de coffeep
De water is been a-bilin' dis las half
hour"
Let the water boil. Matilda" re-
piled Mrs. Bigman, calmly; "the longer
it boils the stronger it will be. "--Har-
per'S INaqazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
Interesting Legal Decision.

The general rule is that when a me-
chanic laboring for an employer in the
construction of machine invents a
valuable improvement, the invention is
the property of the inventor, and not of
the employer. 1t may be that when an
employer hires man of supposed in
ventive mind to invent for the employer
an improvement in given machine,
under special contract, that the en-
ployer shall own the invention when
made; the invention, il so made, would
in equity become the property of the
employer.-Joliel Manufacturing Com
pany as. Dice, Supreme Court of Illinois
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24

Practical and successful breeders
claim that constant supply of salt for
swine is a safe preventive of diseases,
one that can be counted on with de-
gree of certainty; that by its constant
use the system is made strong to ward
off disease; that cholera does not start
in herds receiving this care; that these
herds often escape when all others
around them are destroyed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24

"A negro cook on board of Scotch
schooner is the author of novel way
of killing shark. He heated fire.
brick red hot, wrapped it up in greasy
cloth, and threw it overheard. when
the voracious shark darted after it and
swallowed it. The sharks fury was
soon subdued and he 6oated to this
surface dead
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24

California girls are supposed to
marry off-hand. but they don't. They
employ private detective for month
to look up the young mans antecedents
and if the report is favorable they are
ready to say yes. Swearing, smoking
and poker-playing are not considered
objections to candidates chances.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24

The Forest and Stream puts it thus:
''Do not give n boy a kitten for % play
mate; give him apuppy. Boy and kitten
will grow up into IA molly-coddle and a
cat Boy and puppy will grow up into
0 young man and dog" 90
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
FIFTY YEARS A TYPO.

Experiences of a Septuagenarian Who Has
Visited Every Cline.
By way of novelty here is claim of
more than passing interest. The card
possessed by an individual recently ar
rived in our city, tells this story:
GEORGE r. LAWRENCE,
ORIGINAL TRAMP PRINTER,
United States
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08

The pubhc are respectfully Invited
TO call nj art room over Jacksou's
gallery, tifth street, and examine
specimens i'll ivory type painting.
The art taught in one lr,son tor three
dollars. Pictures painted II desired.
{. f. Choesman.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08
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son. of J,hl Bee, suJ two -ous O /
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nine to sixteen were drowned III the
Maquckctn river Yesterday. Three of
,,o,, ,luu,cd ,n .,dI,.r int,
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08
A TERRIBLE SURGICAL OPERATION,
a FATAL MISTAKE.

OF February 23d. 1883. pub
Iiohcd an account Of a fata'
surgical operation Which car>
rd a great connection among
medical men throughout the
whole country DR.. Thaycr
the most eminent surgeon i'm
Cleveland pronoun"jng it
~candaIou~. 1t appears that
Il Mrs. kluG llad been suffering
iormauy years from 'omr dis
ra~r~ Of thc stomach which
lIad resisted tine treatment OF
all the phySlciau~ I'M attcnd-
""r". The diSra~" commenc-
eel WltIa ~i'4hl arrangement
ol the digestion, with a poor
appetite. followed by a prcu
llar indr-rIlbahIr distress IN
IlrStomarIhal feeling That has
been described a. a Faint "aII
gone sensational sticky slime
cal I.tti1,r ph,tlt 1 ha t.,t u
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08

lnfgtll increase the -iof. ana nope
by prompt attention. fair dealing and
first elias goods to merit and Share Of
public patronage. From long expert
cuce in the retail dug business feel
warranted in assuring my cu.tomer-
that their Interest will be carefully
ana satisfactorily guarded.
Re-uectIl!y. j. is. MOORE
j. +. Elgin " CO. oilcr tor limited
time the following bargains IN Waco
properly:
T. House and o, one square from
the Missouri Pacific depot. lot ~ by
los feet frame house e., live rooms, gnl.
lcry aud hall al we. fnishcd well
aud water @ork-, OUthuu-c.. fin,
peach md plum trees bearing Price
slsO" one-third cash, balance ON
easy tcrm..
% Brick house aud lot on Austin
stree, IN most Fashionable part Of Nc
city; lot 100 hy 100 feet. house south
cl-t front. lis rooms, hall three gal.
lcuc-, TWO closets, ri-tcrn, water
work., Stable, carnage md other out
houses, shade, ornamental and fruit
trre-. Premises in good repair. s
-p.cuJI PROF. rty Price 5000
81. Three lois on south ff.h trcct
ncar tic university, diy.dcd into two
rrUpertlc- each. - 10y lli feet. one
Foty woathcrhoard aud canvas, and
popprod houses. six room and haIl
and bHrk and front gai.cr.c- on caDh
we'll, water work md shade
trees. Price $1,000 for each. small
Ct-h payment, hulaHcr on long time
3. Two vacant lots iu ouc-hali
square Of the Missouri Pacific depot.
90 by lGi feet each. Good either for
bu-.uc-- or residence. Price $500 for
each.
They havc also some choice rcs-
idcncc property in Georgetown
lcNa- for exchange for property IN or
ucar NHro. Here is n chance for per-
-'ns desiring to move 10 GEORGETOWN
Tor the benefit Of he Methodist uni
ycrsiiy located there.
Also 5000 head OF healthy Grade
sheep That will clip seven pounds of
wool Price ).
y blocked pacing stallion. .3
minute horse gentle and splcudid
diver. To- cNchaulc tor real estate.
OFFICE or CENrRAI. coMNrrEE/
or ASu 'Roniuuo\I-r-.
Waco, IENNs.JUNE3. looG\
ne anti uroMbiDoui.'- Of McLcu-
nan county arc reminded TINT tine
time ha come tor vigorous ind
thorough organ lutior
Clairmcu Of voting precincts are
iIf.rpd to -pp Z GfIta flut ,tp fr mara
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08

on these we have still allow left and
thcy must 60, so como and make our
selection before its too late.
LEVINE Bros.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.
PHYSICIANS.

WM LENNEKER, NJ. D,
unice over Levine Bros, Third aud Austin
n lurs ntoiilcc. 10 To H. mOrniugs Residence,
~ North Fifth north OF bridge. Hours AT
esidencc, . to b, afternoon
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-08

largely increase the stoc. and hope
by prompt attention. fair dealing and
first ciG.- goods to merit and Share Of
public patronage. From long expert
cnce in the retail. dug Duslncs, ! iecl
warranted in assuring my cu.tamcr-
that their interest will be carefully
ana satisfactorily guarded.
Rc-pcct1al!y. j. is. MOORE.